I wish I could blame the writers except for Michael Bay’s known reputation for asking on set “Hey, what if we do it like THIS? Wouldn’t that be COOL?” Sadly, audiences agree with him, even if the story suffers directly as a result.

Want an example of great story enhanced by over-the-top action sequences and special effects? Check out Timur Bekmambetov’s Wanted, as well as his body of Russian film work including Night Watch, Day Watch, and the upcoming Twilight Watch.

At the hoover dam Agent Simmons says:

“Fact is, you’re looking at the source of the modern age. The microchip, lasers, cars, space flight: all reverse-engineered by studying him. NBE-1…”

Everything is made using Megatron’s techology, so everything has “a bit of Megatron” inside.

That still doesn’t explain why the TF’s in ROFT turn bad since it was a shard of the Allspark that brought them to life NOT Megatron. Why does the Allspark – a device that creates life automatically turn them evil? If it does, why is it so easy to choose to switch sides like Wheelie and Jetfire did? This movie’s storytelling sucks so bad, you’d think a horny teenage boy wrote it.

Warning: do NOT read the following comment if you have not seen the movie, did not read the book, and are the last person on earth who doesn’t know how this movie ends!

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Did anyone else think that Dumbledore falling to his death eerily resembled Alan “Snape” Rickman’s own slow-motion plummet at the end of the original “Die Hard?” Just saying. (suggested by @thejohnblog on Twitter).

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~ Grim